temple name

== English == === Etymology === Calque of Chinese 廟號 / 庙号 (miàohào). The temple (廟 / 庙 (miào)) refers to the grand temples (太廟 / 太庙 (tàimiào)) built by each dynasty for ancestor worship where each deceased monarch's temple name was recorded on their ancestral tablet in the grand temple. === Noun === temple name (plural temple names) (historical) A variant posthumous name used in China and occasionally other East Asian cultures for ritual worship at a dynasty's ancestral temple. Synonym: temple title Coordinate terms: art name, courtesy name, era name, posthumous name ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === empalement